anthony: soccer is not a plan, my friend. [ laughter ] pearland is the quintessential sprawl of suburban americana, and more and more these days, this is the quintessential american family. jonathan, his salvadoran-born wife sylvia, along with his sister kim and her husband, ron, jonathan s mom nina, and sylvia s mom, ayala. so, if you have, like, a, on christmas or fourth of july or a big holiday, how many extended family? how many people are coming over? [ laughter ] whoa, everyone s laughing. oh, wow, okay. sylvia: a lot. anthony:: i mean, what s a lot? how many? sylvia: 40, 50?
anthony: wow. sylvia: i mean, i don t even see us as interracial until people point it out. anthony: well, it s a typical texan family at this point. sylvia: mm-hmm, yeah. anthony: ayala cooks tamales de gallina from scratch. outside, fresh pupusas are being made on a hot griddle. jonathan s mom nina makes a dish of jellyfish, shrimp and pork, tossed with mint, carrots, red onion and peanuts, dressed with nuoc mam, the pungent vietnamese fish sauce. and mee kang, a rice noodle dish from central vietnam made with pork ribs, shrimp and chilies. very mixed up meal here. sylvia: yeah! anthony: awesome. [ laughter ] did you speak english when you arrived here? sylvia: oh, not a word. i couldn t even say hi. so i learned it literally within a year. anthony: yup. sylvia: because i had to. by fifth grade, this one teacher miss spikes just made me feel like i was the smartest little thing in the whole world. she built up my confidence that i could do anything. jonathan: yo
40, 50? wow. 40, 50 people. i don t even see us as interracial until people point it out. it s like a typical texan family at this point. yeah. ayela cooks tomales from scratch. outside, fresh papusas are made on a hot griddle. nina makes a dish of jellyfish, shrimp and pork tossed with carrots, onion and peanuts dressed with the pungent vietnamese fish sauce and a rice-noodle dish from central vietnam made with pork ribs, shrimp and chilies. very mixed-up meal here. yeah. awesome. did you speak english when you arrived here? oh, not a word. not a word. i couldn t even say hi. so, i literally learned within a year because i had to. this one teacher, ms. spikes, just made me feel like i was the smartest little thing in the whole world. she built up my confidence that i could do anything. we learned how to speak spanish. first we learned how to speak
what do you want to do? i want to go to college and i want to study medicine. i am between medicine and engineering. what do you want to do? i plan on playing soccer. soccer is not a plan, my friend. pearland is the quintessential sprawl of suburban americana, and more and more of these days, this is the qutessenti american family. jonathan, his salvadoran-born wife, sylvia, along with sister kim and husband ron, jonathan s mom nina and sylvia s mom, ayela. so, if you have a christmas, fourth of july, baig holiday, how many extended family, how many are coming over? [ laughter ] a lot. oh, okay. a lot. what s a lot, how many?
[ laughter ] pearland is the quintessential sprawl of suburban americana, and more and more these days, this is the quintessential american family. jonathan, his salvadoran-born wife sylvia, along with his sister kim and her husband, ron, jonathan s mom nina, and sylvia s mom, ayala. so, if you have, like, a, on christmas or fourth of july or a big holiday, how many extended family? how many people are coming over? [ laughter ] whoa, everyone s laughing. oh, wow, okay. sylvia: a lot. anthony:: i mean, what s a lot? how many? sylvia: 40, 50? anthony: wow. sylvia: i mean, i don t even see us as interracial until people point it out. anthony: we, it s a typical texan family at this point.